Goodison the hardest place to referee

[Donald Twain]

he was having a laugh there, that's probably the worst cop out decision I've ever seen.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

I wonder if the crowd started singing how good the ref is, would he start to give favourable decisions? He proabably wouldn't know it's happening.

It wouldn't make any difference. Now if all the crowd (excluding opposition fans of course) threw a pound each in a cap and slipped it into his back pocket before the game, well , then we'd be in business

 

[DanEFC92]

Fella behind me boos the ref when his name is read out before kickoff with an impressive amount of venom and contempt. It's always a match highlight.

 

[tonyhorne]

Scandal. The whistle was nowhere near his mouth until the ball went in the net.

Either the free kick should have been retaken as the player wasn't 10 yds away or it was a goal.

In fairness, it probably should have been the former but it just shows the bias towards certain teams that refs panic in these situations and make those sort of decisions...

 

[larbert toffee]

I have thought of a ither one we got away with.

When Mirallas broke Ratboy in the 3-3.

That was the most blatant red card offence I have ever seen......and it would have been red but for the RS medico haranguing tgevref to produce one lol

I might well be mistaken,was that not at Analfield?

 

[Khalekan]

I might well be mistaken,was that not at Analfield?

No, that was in the 3-3 Derby at Goodison in Bobby's first season.

 

[tommye]

I hate every ref. None more than Clive F@cking Thomas. How long ago was that? They are there to be intimidated. It's our job to put them under pressure and berate them at every opportunity.

There is no better time or place to be alive than under the lights at Goodison when the hackles are up.
Every one of us knows that.
Every one of us lives for that.

*Apologies for the profanity but he shall forever be referred to as such. He always has been and always will be.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

The only ref I've ever liked was Phil Dowd and the only ever one I thought was good was Howard Webb. The others I've either not noticed yet one way or the other or I think they're useless because of points they've cost us.

 

[Bluerover]

I remember that so well.....it was Good Friday and I was watching it in my neighbour's (a United fan) house.

He says he still has never seen me as angry, and I know him for nearly 20 years.

 

[EFCPaul]

Still despise Clattenburg for that derby, don't care about any of the numerous controversies he's had since. That game alone should have ended his career, even the RS were stunned at how in their pocket he was.

 

[joey_macmo]

The only ref I've ever liked was Phil Dowd and the only ever one I thought was good was Howard Webb. The others I've either not noticed yet one way or the other or I think they're useless because of points they've cost us.

Dowd seems to be the only one who understands football a little bit and the little snidely fouls that go on.

Then you've got people like Lee Mason who have never played a game of football in their lives and it shows every single time he turns up.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Referees.

Aren't they just?..It's a profession now. But they're accountable to themselves only. Seems to me that since the days of durkin, poll, rennie, d'urso etc, they just have to do something to make a headline.

For or against us (And it's usually against) there's more decisions these days, leave you scratching your head. All to be noticed, most of the time

'Hard place to referee'. How's that, Howard? Crowd call you out for what you were?

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

, even the RS were stunned at how in their pocket he was.

That stunned that 'me laaa' had to remind him about the bunce he was gonna cop for for sending hibbert off.

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

These days it's probably a more intimidating place for Everton players than it is for referees!